proximate

Nevertheless, some of his more proximate misdeeds are effectively used to make clear that Mantel's antihero is, in the denouement of his life, fully alert to his sinful state.

The damage “was proximately and substantially caused by the actions of Defendants ... and each of them ... caused Plaintiffs’ damages,” the complaint said.

The proximate cause of the breakup was the granting of a preliminary injunction against the deal by U.S.

A lot of research, and especially mainstream media, conflate the proximate cause of something with the underlying cause of it.

It's understandable that people are focused on the proximate threat of Donald Trump, but the Trump administration, as you just said, was a clown show.